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таш-бака

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Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From таш (taš, stone) +‎ бака (baka, frog). Compare with Kazakh тасбақа (tasbaqa), Bashkir ташбаҡа (taşbaqa), Tatar ташбака (taşbaqa), Kyrgyz ташбака (taşbaka), Uzbek toshbaqa, Uyghur تاشپاقا (tashpaqa, turtle, tortoise).

Noun

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таш-бака (taš-baka)

  1. turtle

References

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Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “таш-бака”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN